you want, forget the politics of the film but pleess do not forget what matters most helping our troops. and thanks for watching. cnn tonight with don lemon begins right now. oscar turns his back on "american sniper." this is cnn tonight. i'm don lemon. bradley cooper's star power helps the movie earn worldwide, but what does the sniper snub mean for the real live seal? plus here's what happens when celebrity and politics mix. >> it's our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the united states of america. [ applause ] >> welcome to the 87th oscars. tonight we honor hollywood's best and whitest -- sorry -- brightest. >> well talk is cheap, but is

hollywood all talk when it comes to social issues and the glass ceiling? also you've heard rudy guiliani question the president's patriotism but wait until you hear what anne coulter has to say about that. i want to begin with the sniper snub in hollywood and the real life drama in a texas courtroom. >> amid the glitz and glamor, the a-list celebrities and all the kpimt of the red carpet, the widio of the man who inspired the blockbuster hit "american sniper." >> military age male on a cell phone. >> kyle dressed in a green gown, stops to chat with abc's robin roberts, about the movie honoring her late husband's life. >> bradley cooper said he wanted to get it right? did he? >> he absolutely got it right. and it's an honor, a appreciate everybody bringing me out here and dressing me up.

>> the 42-year-old mother of two traded texas for california this weekend. the experience she describes in a facebook post surreal, like cinderella who scrubs the floor, but has a fairy godmother, warner brother, who got me on a plane and had a dress and jewelry and even the shoes and spanlx waiting for me. >> i wanted to be here to represent chris, it's not the ideal time to do that but i want to be here to embrace it. >> a courtroom in stephenville texas, where she's been facing eddy routh, the man accused of killing her husband chris and another man. she was the first witness who take the stand. she's been in court every single day. once the oscar fairy tale ends she writes i have a red-eye flight scheduled to get me back for the trial on monday morning. i am praying the impending ice storm in texas doesn't inhibit a safe trip home. >> reporter: that storm did delay the trial, which is

expected to resume tomorrow morning. as for "american sniper," even though it received six oscar nominations, it only took home one, for best achievement in sound editing. but the most important vote for her will come from the jurors in stephenville when they reach their final decision. all right, i want to bring in a retired navy seal who served with chris kyle and plays himself in "american sniper." welcome back to the show. thanks for joining us again. >> thanks for having me on. >> what's it like knowing chris kyle's widow got to attend the oscars and was on the red carpet? >> the experience has been incredible. great to see chris's story being told on such a large scale. great knowing that i was there on set training bradley to mimic chris and help turn out that performance that got him an oscar nomination. >> she was holding his dog tags. what did this film mean to chris

kyle? >> it's chris's legacy, the story of chris, the story of the people he served with and the story of veterans that shaped this nation in the 21st century and take the fight to the enemy and do a great job. >> so you served two tours with chris, you costarred in the film trained bradley cooper on how to shoot and you were surprised "american sniper" only took home one oscar for sound editing, were you? >> yeah i was happy to watch the awards ceremony. got my sag card got to train bradley. we're up for best picture. the oscars come and go every year. there will be an oscar nomination next year but there's not always a record-breaking movie like "american sniper." >> it brought in over $400 million. the biggest war movie of all time. $400 million worldwide. do you think maybe there's a

disconnect between what the public wants and what hollywood, the so-called liberal hollywood wants and it chose something different because of politics, perhaps? >> well i think sniper at the box office really showed that the american public wanted that movie. maybe there's a difference between the oscars and the rucksacks rucksacks? afghanistan, but the spirit of chris kyle and us as a country, how we support our troops not only in the fight but when they come home. >> so beyond hollywood, you say that one of the key things and maybe one of the most important things about "american sniper" is that it's bringing veterans' issues to the fore. how can we help veterans have a smoother transition when they come home? >> i think it starts by knowing what they've gone through and the cost of the freedom that we're able to share in this country. going overseas deploying for a large period of time it's tough

on the family and the individual. do they have opportunities to go to school and get a job and help the family adapt. >> so you're not really following the trial, are you? >> i haven't been. >> i'm curious, though how you think the oscar snub will play down in texas, though. >> yeah i think snub is a tough word. like i said the movie did great. it's a huge movie, an impactful movie. i hope it doesn't have too much direction as to the outcome of the trial. i stand with a fair jury and a stand with people making the right decision and staying under oath and let justice be served. i have faith in texas and i have faith in our justice system. >> thank you, kevin lacz and thank you for your service. >> appreciate it thank you. i want to get our legal experts to weigh in now. mark geragos kimberly priest

johnson, and mark o'mara. good evening to all of you, thanks for being with us. >> hey, don how are you? >> thanks. >> "american sniper" only won one oscar. does that say anything about public opinion? >> no i reality don't think it does. like you said it made an enormous amount of money. no question that chris is looked at as an american hero. doesn't have to win it from the academy to know that every american looks in their heart and sees somebody who is willing to give service to his country. and unfortunately, his life in effect in service for his country as well. i don't care what the oscars say, chris is a hero. >> kimberly? >> i completely agree with what mark just said. in addition because there's such a narrow issue, that this texas jury is deciding, not whether eddy routh killed chris kyle and chat littlefield, but only whether or not eddy routh

himself was insane at the time of the killing. i think because of that what happened at the oscars has no effect on the jury's decision. >> mark what does this say about public opinion and i'll take it one step further, what do you think it means for the trial, if anything down in texas? >> i don't think it means a thing for the trial. i think the jury's -- jurors generally get it right, if you've had a fair trial. and they're going to get the evidence. they're had the battling experts and whether or not it won the ask or didn't win the askoscar is is not going to affect anything. nobody should feel bad about any of it. >> all right, guys stick around. a lot more to talk about with the "american sniper" trial and when we come back closing arguments expected this week but has the prosecution made its case against the shooter? plus the stars ware their hearts on their sleeves on

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want to talk more about the "american sniper" murder trial, which was postponed today due to weather. closing arguments are expected this week. back with me mark geragos, kimberly priest johnson and mark

o'mara. there's nothing to stop members of the jury from watching the oscars and see chris kyle's widow being interviewed on tv. could that have tainted the injury? jury? >> you always worry about that if you're a defense lawyer. that kind of razzle-dazzle may affect jurors. but in a case like this it's not a whodunnit. they've conceded he did the shooting. it's about his mental state and under the law in texas, was he sane at the time? and i don't know that as much as a juror wants to have an affinity with chris kyle's widow, that that's just going to swing their vote a different way over the fact that this guy looks fb demon streabl insane at

the time. >> that's what i want to know. hearing her story and talking about her plight in interviews, you don't think that may have any effect kimberly on a jury -- mark you do? >> i think it was a mistake by the judge to allow them to watch the oscars. i've had high profile cases where we've been careful about what they can see and what they can't see. you know if he gets convicted, one of the points of appeal was going to be they were feeling sympathy for the wife and they never should have watched those oscars. >> kimberly? >> i disagree with that. i think a factor that may have made the jury more sympathetic is seeing his wife every day in trial. she's been very emotional throughout the trial. and she's a very likeable person. she was very likeable in the movie and she's done lots of interviews post and around the movie. >> but they see her here in a different light.

they see her all dressed up. >> all glamd up. >> and she's being portrayed in a different light. they're seeing a different side of her, kimberly? >> right. again, because there's such a narrow issue at stake here which really is only focused on the defendant's mental state. and i agree with what mark said earlier -- >> you got two marks. >> mark geragos. most juries want to get it right. they take their role very seriously. i guarantee they're focused only on eddy routh's mental state. >> go ahead, mark geragos. >> i was going to say, it's so true. as mark o'mara mentioned, handling the high profile cases and you're always worried, you're in the trenches worried that somebody is going to get swayed by this or that but once they swear an oath with the exception of what i call stealth jurors who lie to get onto the

jury, in most cases, jurors try to get it right and take it seriously. next to military service, the next best thing that we do as a citizen is jury service. >> let's talk about it kimberly you said it's such a narrow thing, talking about a mental state here. i want to talk about something a little bizarre that's come out of this trial. a forensic psychologist testifying for the defense said that routh said he saw people turning into big human hybrids, an expert suggesting that that may have come from a scene in seinfeld. watch this. >> i just saw a pig man. a pig man! he was sleeping and he woke up and looked at me and he made this horrible sound! >> this is true this has come up. kimberly you have a master's in psychology. what do you think of this? >> you know this expert talked

about the fact that eddy routh had a tv in jail and he likely saw this seinfeld episode. so he is essentially stating that he believes eddy routh is not insane but that he attempted to fake insanity by getting the idea from this television show and then taking it forward. now, if i'm the defense in this case and i have an opportunity to present a rebuttal witness once the prosecution closes i'm going to put my expert back up on the stand and explain that often times people with delusions may in fact get their ideas from circumstances, including a television show that they might see, but that doesn't mean they're faking their own insanity. >> mark o'mara i'll give you -- go ahead. >> my concern is that when he talked to the -- my concern as to what roush did, he talked to

the officers right afterwards and said i'm feeling delusional and skids frenic. that's going to be the death mel. because when you're insane you don't know that you're insane and you don't come up with excuses if are your insane behavior. >> go ahead, mark geragos. quick response. >> i don't disagree with that at all. i think both of those things are true. i think it's true they get their ideas from all sorts of sources. and i can tell you that by the 55-gallon drum of crazy that i receive in the office and i can also tell you at the same time there's something to be said for the idea that he said at the time i'm feeling schizophrenic. that's generally the last thing someone suffering that would say. thank you. equal pay and a plea to banish the stigma of shame about suicide. are the oscars the right place

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it has become an oscars tradition, winners and presenters bring their political and social issues to the ceremony. why not? they have a giant audience millions of viewers from around the world. >> the oscars hollywood's biggest night. and for several winners, the chance to make a political statement on the world's biggest stage. the activism starts before the show even begins. on twitter, hash tag ask her more. a call for questions more substantive than what are you wearing? but patricia arquette winning for best supporting actress. >> it's our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the united states of america. >> her speech bringing wild applause from meryl streep and

jennifer lopez. >> the overriding theme of the night, speaking up for the unheard. screen writer graham moore wins an oscar for the imitation game. >> when i was 16 years old, i tried to kill myself because i felt weird and i felt different and i felt like i did not belong. and now i'm standing here, and so i would like for this moment to be for that kid out there who feels like she's weird or she's different or she doesn't fit in anywhere. >> the oscars are a huge platform. you have people tuning in all over the world, who may not care about a particular issue, but being exposed to it not a lot, but maybe some people will become more active in it. >> dana perry, who co-produced short crisis hotline, veterans press one, pleads for people who have lost someone from suicide to banish the shame stigma. >> i want to dedicate this to my son, evan perry, we lost him to

suicide. we should talk about suicide out loud. and after a powerful performance of their now oscar-winning song yet glory" common and john legend take advantage of the spotlight. >> there are more black men under correctional control today than under slavery in 1850. >> but not everything during the broadcast is politically correct. as he was presenting the oscar for best picture, sean penn said this? who gave this son of a bitch his green card? "birdman." >> i didn't find him offensive. i thought it was very funny. >> they're close friends. i just think that sean penn didn't realize how that kind of a joke would go over. >> many critics say the same of the show's producers. ratings down nearly 20% from last year. stephanie elam cnn, hollywood.

let's talk more about this with senior writer at "entertainment weekly." anthony was with me last night. shaun was with me on the red carpet. i have to show how beautiful you looked yesterday in our chartreuse gown on the red carpet. >> you were looking very dashing yourself. that's very nice. who were you wearing, don? >> i was wearing armani. but let's get to the serious stuff, what everyone is talking about. patricia arquette brought down the house with her acceptance speech. she demanded equal pay for women. do you think the oscars is the right forum for this? >> well yes, i do. and if it is relevant to the movie they worked on or if it's something personal that they have been through, i like to hear what that personal

connection is. and when patricia arquette talked about equal pay for women, she's playing this struggling mother in boyhood, but also it brought to mind remember we just recently heard about those leaked sony e-mails in which they talked about the disparity in pay between the actresses and their male counterparts. so that's still fresh in the minds of many of the actresses that were sitting there in that audience. >> and to prove your point, this is jennifer lopez and meryl streep they clearly approved of her speech and gave one of the best cut-aways. we have the video of it. they got out of their seat. jennifer is yelling, yes, and as you said it started with the sony hacking. she admitted that she paid women lower. she said i'm not going to say, hey, i want to give you more money. is this okay even if it comes

at a cost to their own careers, anthony? >> well yeah i think all anyone really wants is to be seen and to be heard, whether you're an actor up for an academy award or an ordinary person and this is a remarkable platform. >> could it make a difference? >> sure. what's the point of being seen and heard if you have nothing to say? i think the fact that we're discussing it now shows that it makes a difference. but don, i don't want to call you out, but you introduced the segment by saying liberal-leaning politics and i can't really think of anything last night that was actually liberal. like do conservatives believe that women don't deserve equal pay? do conservatives not believe in civil rights? do conservatives have a problem with talking about depression and teenage suicide? these are issues that matter to people and they do tie into the

stories. why not take a few seconds to say something that means something to you and may mean something to someone else that doesn't have a voice? >> conservatives often complain about these venues being the right venue for these issues. >> i think that's because they'd rather not be confronted by them. they're not really republican or democrat or conservative or liberal issues. they're just issues. by talking about them we shed light and clear them away. that's how you solve problems and make a connection to another human. >> i want to bring in sharon waxman. we're having a conversation about values and issues being brought to these ceremonies. he said he didn't -- anthony said he doesn't think it's about liberal and conservative. >> i think there's an impression that these are liberal issues. but the issues from last night

are -- cut across a lot of topics, but certainly if you're talking about rights for gay people if you're talking about women's rights those are absolutely perceived to be more democratic issues than republican issues. somebody from "american sniper" would have won and stood up and said we feel like america is the greatest country in the world and we should support our veterans than we would have had a different reaction from the right-leaning public. but there is a thing in which people in the public often find it annoying that celebrities use their celebrity to speak out on issues that are dear to their hearts. but these were actors talking about issues that related to the performances that they gave and the reasons they were being celebrated and being bestowed with those oscars. so patty arquette plays a working class mom in "boyhood," i think it's valid for her to

bring up that issue and why it should touch a nerve surprises me. >> 1973 marlon brando declined the oscar for best actor in "the godfather." and someone in his place said that he could not accept the award because he was protesting hollywood's portrayal of native americans in film. this is nothing new. >> and we're still talking about it 40 years later. >> i think a lot of it has to do with how preachy people get. when arquette stands up there and says equal pay for women, who's going to say, no i don't believe that? i remember being in the audience when michael moore won his oscar and i can't -- for what? >> fahrenheit 911. >> yes, that's right. >> no it was actually bowling for columbine. >> anyway he got up there and

in michael moore, typical fashion, he was very passionate and a lot of people thought he came off as a little you know very angry. >> and it was preachy. >> and they played the music. >> and he was right. >> it depends on how it plays in the audience and -- >> i have several things to talk about if you can keep it quick. let's talk about sean penn and the green card comment. some people took offense to it. the guy wasn't offended by it. so why is everybody else offended? >> i don't think there's anything offensive about it. he was making a joke. and i think -- i mean sean penn's politics are not a secret to anybody. i don't think he's really for keeping immigrants or mexicans out of the country or talented people in any way, shape, or form. so i think you're just looking for a fight at that point. sean penn tends to annoy people. >> doesn't this speak out about people who want to be outraged

for the sake of being outraged? i heard at the end of the show i just thought, they were friends and they joke like that like lighten up people. >> i think it was probably ill-conceived on sean penn's part because he's making a tormenting joke that you would make to your friend in front of millions of people who may not understand that relationship. but it probably wasn't the best taste, but it's the kind of thing you waste a lot of outrage on when you could be directing it toward somebody who actually said something offensive. >> i think we live in a culture of outrage that is often completely ridiculous. >> it is. so over it. >> but also people don't want to hear anything and if that's the case go live in the woods with the other crack pots. >> up next hollywood's stunning lack of diversity. thanks everyone. not a single actor of color

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experiences from separate but equal treatment. the african american cast having our hair done in a separate room. there were no opportunities for african americans to write, direct produce. i was harassed and i'm suing due to retaliation. i have tried numerous times to dialogue with sony and cbs and i have not been successful so i'm suing because i have to. there's no other choice. >> you decided to return in 2010 to the show. why did you do that? you wanted to return. >> i asked to return. i asked to return. you know it's interesting, don, one wants to be a beneficiary of one's hard work. i have been campaigning for diversity from the beginning, in 1990 when i was introduced as a

character that was an illiterate thief, slash prostitute. i asked why and i would not do it unless there was an adult, literacy story line set forth. so one wants to be a beneficiary of one's hard work. additionally i worked with the national urban league president to get the first black writer hired after a 38-year shut-out. and still there remains only a single african american writer. >> i have to get cbs's response in here. we reached out for a statement and they said we were disappointed to learn that after leaving the cast of the young and the restless on her own initiative she has seampted to rewrite that history through lawyers' letters and a lawsuit that has no merit. we harbor no ill will towards her, but we will vigorously

defend this case. >> sonny, what do you think of this? you are close friends, but you don't represent her. do you think this lawsuit will face any challenges? >> well i think certainly cbs has made it clear and sony has made it clear that they're going to challenge and respond to the lawsuit. they haven't. i've read the lawsuit. i think it's certainly well written. there are a lot of examples from victoria puts forth in this lawsuit about things that she faced when she was there. but when you talk don, about the larger issues here of the lack of diversity in daytime programming, the lack of diversity in primetime programming, the lack of diversity in hollywood, that's a real issue. when you talk about daytime soaps. let's face it 40% of the audience is african american women. why don't you see more african american women on the soaps? when you talk about the buying power of african americans, we're talking about $6.3 billion

in consumer dollars. we know that african americans go to the movies more than the general market. i think at last count it was 13.4 times a year versus 11 times a year. then why aren't we seeing more diversity in hollywood? why is someone like monique being shut out? the list goes on and on and on. >> so the question, what are the solutions? and monique will be on the show later in the week. we're working it out with her to come on the show. but last night, neil patrick harris i mean he wasted no time cracking a joke about race in hollywood. so tonight we honor the best and the whitest -- i'm sorry -- the brightest. but oprah said she didn't think "selma" was snubbed. so how should this issue be solved? >> you know i think it's -- oprah, of course i call her the oracle i'm a big fan.

and certainly she's entitled to her opinion. but when you look at a movie like "selma," that was nominated for best picture, yet not nominated for best director. when you look at the performance by david oyelowo, not nominated for best actor. i'm sorry. but there's certainly in my mind, that looks and sounds like a snub. >> victoria, quickly go ahead, please. >> don, it starts at the executive level. and if you're really talking about restructuring, it has to start in the boardroom. it has to start with hiring other people that are of color, african americans, people of color, so that we have the full bloom of what america looks like. you can't have our dollars and not offer any economic reciprocity. the young and the restless is a product that is an exportable product. it's seen in a hundred countries. the idea that african americans make it number one and bold and

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rudy guiliani is taking a step back from recent comments questioning president obama's patriotism. the former new york city mayor writes he didn't intend to question the president's motives or the content of his heart. joining me now, anne coulter, conservative columnist and best selling author. hi ann, we have a lot to get to. so let's get going. >> yes. >> we know rudy guiliani was speaking for scott walker at a republican dinner in wisconsin. put his comments up full screen. i said i know this is horrible i don't want to say this but he doesn't have the same love of

country. do you think the mayor should have been doing that questioning the president's love of country. >> yeah i don't see what the problem with it is. liberals are constantly questioning conserveativesconservatives' position on race. constantly being called racists. the idea in this one case we can't look at their motives. and these red-faced denials, we love our country, we just look like people who don't, we're just naive and inept. maybe you can start a grum of democrats who are aren't naive and inept. how else do you explain he threw away our victory in iraq, sends more troops to afghanistan. i as opposed to you could criticize his policy but if liberals question conservatives on other issues, why shouldn't we question their motives on patriotism? >> he said my blunt language suggesting that the president

doesn't love america notwithstanding, i didn't intend to question president obama's moatsives or the content of his heart. my intended focus really was the effect his words and actions have on the morale of the country, and how that effect may damage his performance. do you think those comments were tinged by race at all? >> ha! now you're doing it. >> i'm not saying that it is. i'm asking you. you mentioned race. >> no but it does get thrown at conservatives an awful lot and how can -- i mean why isn't that the exact parallel? you look at what conservatives say and do. often it's things that i think have absolutely nothing to do with an accusation of racism. it's things like cutting taxes. i think it was jesse jackson or

someone said republicans say let's cut taxes, but what they mean is let's bring back slavery or something. it's always -- or chris matthews saying that when romney referred to obama being from chicago that that was racist. it's crazy allegations, but we hear it all the time. 24 hours a day. >> but his critics are saying that he is throwing red meat to people who dislike the president, the people who say he's a muslim. do you think that this could come back to haunt the gop ahead of 2016? that's a concern withfrom the right. >> i don't think so. when debbie wasserman schultz and the rest of them accuse us of racism why aren't they throwing red meat to nuts who want to bring back slavery? >> that's it? that was a short answer. >> i'm dying to get to the oscars. >> you really want to get to the oscars. scott walker refused to condemn

giuliani's remarks when he was asked about the president. he said i'm not going to do that. but then was this his comment from tonight, or do we have him on tape this evening? okay so we know what he said before. let's listen to him tonight just a few minutes ago. >> you've seen in the media a lot of talk over the last few days about these self-manufactured, gotcha moments from the media where they want to talk about things that i don't think most americans want to talk about. our commitment going forward, we're going to talk about the things that matter to everyday americans and leave the non-sense to the media on the side. >> so he was responding to the comment about he didn't know if the president was a christian or not. tonight he's speaking and saying those issues don't mean anything they're unimportant. i want to talk about the real issues. >> i think that's a great answer and i wish every republican would adopt that. it drives me crazy during these

presidential debates, instead of talking about energy policy or foreign policy republicans are always going to get the gay marriage question global warming, endless questions on global warming and abortion and school prayer and the death penalty. or the berther questions. oh my gosh. i think republicans should just give that answer it's a genteel way of saying screw you, i'm not answering the question. >> and you have 30 seconds to talk about the oscars. what did you want to say? >> 30 seconds? >> yes. >> your entire audience has been waiting for me to talk about the oscars as an expert who has never seen them except sometimes i tune in i've never seen the movies and i often write a prediction column is amazingly accurate. chris kyle would have to be married, kiss a guy, be a

palestinian sniper or be a prostitute to win. it had to be birdman, which is both boring and pretentious from what i've heard, so that's perfect. >> why don't you say it like you mean it. >> that was quick. >> ann, thank you. appreciate you. see you soon. we'll be right back. discover card. hey! so i'm looking at my bill and my fico® credit score's on here. we give you your fico® score each month for free! awesomesauce! wow! the only person i know that says that is...lisa? julie?! at discover, we treat you like you'd treat you. get the it card and see your fico® credit score.

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